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Six talented Radboud University Nijmegen employees are looking for new colleagues Lotte Jensen

Bastian Mรถnkediek

Liedeke Plate

Lรกszlรณ Sรกndor Chardonnens

Saskia Bultman

Jos Hornikx

To understand

signification

Always try to look over the rim of your tea cup

Having carried out PhD research on medieval divination

I joined the Radboud University community in 2002, following

I specialise in the Sociology of the Family, which is why I am

I am associate professor of Early Modern Dutch Literature,

at Leiden University, I transferred to Radboud University

appointments at universities elsewhere in the Netherlands

very interested in studying family formation. While I was doing

my main passion being the poetry of the true Dutch greats,

ments of History and Philosophy, studies practices of identity

Nijmegen in 2003, where I expanded my interests to include

and abroad. Here, I found a stimulating environment in which

my Bachelor’s in Sociology, one of my professors kept telling me

such as Vondel and Tollens. Last year I was awarded a Vidi

construction in Dutch state reformatories for girls (1858-1975).

the study of magic. In 2010 I accepted a visiting scholarship

to conduct my research on rewriting by women and explore

that it is important to ‘look over the rim of the tea cup’ now and

grant by NWO to do research on Dutch national identity

of factors that relate to human interaction and psychological

Combining theory and approaches from both disciplines, I

at the International Consortium for Research in the Huma­

how women retell old stories in new forms and in new con­

then if you want to be creative and successful. Radboud Univer­

formation between 1648 and 1815. As part of this project,

processes. At Radboud University, our staff and students are

investigate the way in which identity is not just “there”, but

nities at Erlangen University to investigate dream divination

texts, especially online. In Nijmegen we truly value teaching,

sity gives me the opportunity to work in a group of researchers

I am studying how war and peace texts play an important role

dedicated to measuring this impact, and to understanding

rather is something that is made through practices. This com­

and mantic alphabets, after which I returned to Nijmegen to

care deeply for our students, and foster innovative research

with different academic backgrounds. This provides me with

in fostering sociocultural solidarity and promoting a spirit of

the underlying processes. The excellent facilities, the positive

bination of disciplines opens up new and exciting areas of

commence a postdoctoral research fellowship. In between

through interdisciplinary research groups, for instance the In­

the unique opportunity to broaden my views on the process

patriotism. Working at Radboud University makes me feel at

student-staff interaction, and our international network

inquiry. Moreover, the ability to exchange ideas with experts

research trips and presentations at institutions from the

stitute for Gender Studies with which I am affiliated. As chair

of family formation and helps me create new ideas. Now I am

home in doing research: there is a lot of room for initiative,

help us to achieve our goals of understanding the impact of

from different fields helps me develop my own thinking and

USA to China, it is a pleasure to work at a university that

of the Internationalisation Committee I am strongly commit­

working on a research project together with two other PhD

and the small-scale setting really enables you to put your

human communication at the level of the individual, groups,

certainly benefits my research.

facilitates and promotes individual research projects, and that

ted to an international climate of scholarly exchange.

Each of us is

I have always been fascinated by the question of how commu­

A little over a year ago, I started working on my PhD thesis at

nication enables people and organisations to persuade others

Radboud University. My project, embedded in the Depart­

to behave in a certain way. Communication can be surprising­ ly powerful, but its impact generally depends on a number

made up Ian Hacking

and society.

Idealist doctrine

has it that the verbs ‘to live’and ‘to dream’are at every point

synonymous

Jorge Luis Borges, The Zahir

Art and culture are ways in which we give meaning to our existence. By studying the stories we tell and retell, in books but also online, I seek insight into human

Humanities

who we are,

we need to delve into the events that shaped our national

identity

candidates from different countries and with different acade­

plans into practice. Furthermore, researchers receive well-

encourages researchers to integrate scholarly interests in

mic backgrounds, analysing the effects of family and gender

organised and highly professional support in managing their

their teaching.

systems, as well as spousal and kin relationships, on people’s

projects.

fertility behaviour in different European regions over different periods of time.

Jos Hornikx

Saskia Bultman

László Sándor Chardonnens

Liedeke Plate

Bastian Mönkediek

Lotte Jensen

Communication and Information Studies MA and PhD at Radboud University Nijmegen, postdoc at Northwestern University, assistant professor of Business Communication Studies at Radboud University Nijmegen. www.ru.nl/humanities/hornikx

History and Philosophy BA at Utrecht University, MA at Utrecht University and Radboud University Nijmegen, PhD candidate at Radboud University Nijmegen. www.ru.nl/humanities/bultman

English Language and Culture MA and PhD at Leiden University, visiting scholar and research partner at IKGF, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, lecturer and postdoctoral research fellow at Radboud University Nijmegen. www.ru.nl/humanities/chardonnens

Literary and Cultural Studies and Gender Studies Conservatoire National de Musique et de Danse, Strasbourg; MA at Utrecht University, MA at the University of Southampton, PhD at Indiana University, assistant professor at James Madison University, associate professor at Radboud University Nijmegen. www.ru.nl/humanities/plate

History BA at the University of Osnabrück, MA at the University of Bremen, PhD candidate at the University of Tübingen, PhD candidate at Radboud University Nijmegen. www.ru.nl/humanities/monkediek

Dutch Language and Culture MA at Utrecht University, PhD at the University of Amsterdam, lecturer at Utrecht University, postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Amsterdam, visiting professor at Ghent University, associate professor at Radboud University Nijmegen. www.ru.nl/humanities/jensen

Con c ep t & De s ig n : Bu r eau Kete l | Ph oto g ra p h y: A atja n R end ers

Communication seems so straightforward, but how can things as simple as make people

change their minds and alter their behaviour?

Radboud University Nijmegen is looking for talented PhD candidates and assistant professors in the Humanities. The disciplines we offer are Arts, Communication, Culture, History, Language, Linguistics, Philosophy, Religion Studies and Theology.

Major research themes are: ‘Europe’s Identities’ with an emphasis on European culture, history and literature, and ‘Language and Communication’, with an emphasis on language diversity, communication and persuasion.

For more information and vacancies, check our website at www.ru.nl/humanities or contact the Human Resources Department via vacatures@let.ru.nl.